Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-09
THE SHOOTING ToURNAnEHT.

The Attendance and Interest Of SpectStors
Keener on the Third Dsy-Good Scoring
BIZ the Contestants-The Sport Not Yet
Over.
The third day Of the Rod and Gun Gu
tournament was as fine a day as mortal
could wish. The weather was perfect and
the attendance at the grounds larger than
on any preceding day. The spectators
were more enthusiastic. too, thar pre-
viously perhaps getting infused with enthusi-
asm from the keen excitement among the
contestants as the events were decided.
The meeting is proving most enjoyable to
those who have the good fortune to be
present. The Conley boys are proving a
terror to the Butte sports and
in future invitations to Deer Lodge
they ought to be excepted or their COM
petition barred, at least. Cowan
has o q regular outfit in his prizes, as he
has got a reed rocker, q pair OF pants
and g. spring overcoat. Joe Fischer is
still the recipient of numerous compli-
ments upon the taste and ingenuity dis
PLAYED in the selection of his ice cooler"
which was won amid loud applause on
Thursday afternoon. When Joe under
takes to be m~agnanimous he never does
things by halves unless it is bivalves. The
first event on the programme yesterday
WAS the
CONSOLATION o
postponed from Thursday. This was at 5
singles, 81 entrance and resulted: E. S.
Paxson. 8; Dillingham;, 2; Beck, 2; Jaeger,
l.; Freyschlag, 3; Menard. 8; Eddy,
/; j. Conley, 8; Sheads, 1; Young,
4; Elliott, 2; Thomas, 2; Stewart.
@: Parks, 4; Hamburg, 2; Lowe, 2; Orion,
2; Wolfe, 8; Stevens, 4; Morse, 3; Nc
Kinstry, O; Corbett, 8; E.. E. Paxson, o.
In the shoot off between ties, Stevens won
the first prize, a $50 smokers set;
Freyschlag the second prize, a $50 fishing
rod; Hamburg won the third prize. a pair
of So shoes. and McKinstry made the low
est individual score and got a $1Osmoker's
set.
The E. s. Paxson shoot at fifteen single |
birds; entrance, 81: Eddy, 10; Menard, IL;
Wolf, 9; Lowe. s.; E. s. Paxson, Z; Han
bury, 9; McKinstry, 4: Young. 8; Beck, g.;
Thomas 6; Elliott, 4; Cowan, II; Cooper,
To-. Freyschiag, 8; Steward. 10; Smith, 10;
Corbitt, 8; J. Conley, 10; Parks, 8; Plum.
mer, 6; Orion, 5; F. Coniey, 13; Stevens,
S; Benham, II; Dillingham;, 2; Morse, 10;
Noyes, 4; Lowery, 8; McNeal, 4. F. Con.
lev won the first prize, an oil painting,
valued by the donor at SIS; j. F. Cowen,
tine second prize, a spring overcoat; Cooper,
the third prize, a SIS umbrella; Hamburg.
the fourth prize, half a dozen silk hand
kerchiefs.
THIRD WENT.
Three.team shoot for Butte Rod and
Gun Club purse OF $75; Is singles; So en-.
trance:
Team No. Thomas, z; Freyschlag, 4;
Young, 11-22.
Team No. glove, 10; Wolf, 10; Han
Team No. 3-OrtoD. 10; cooper, IL; Ben
ham, 11-33.
Team No. 4~-steward, 10; Lowery. 8;
Morse, 11-29.
Team No. 81. Conley, g.; Parks, Z; F.
Conley, 1925.
Team No. eddy, 8; Plummer; Z; Me-
nard, S-24.
Team No. %7-Paxson; IL; Cowan, IL;
Smith, 9-32.
Team No. s-Noyes, 5; McNeal, 4; Beck,
7-16.
Team No. 9-Corbett, 8; Stevens, 7; e.
lott, 8--23.
The first prize, $50. was awarded to
team No. 3; the second, $21, to team No.
z; the third, SIS, to team No. 4, and the
fourth, 80, to team No. 2.
SWEEPSTAKES.
A sweepstake was then made up to be
shot at 3 doubles, with the following re.
suit: ]. Conley, 3; Young, 2; Orion, 2;
McNeal, 8; Parks. 2; Cooper, 2; Lowe, 4;
Wolfe, /; F. Conley, 2; Hanbury. 4; Eddy,
4; Smith, 2; Benham. 3; Steward, 5; Pax
son, 2; Morse, 3; Beck l. Steward won
first money. The ties were shot off and
won by Eddy, second prize, and Benham
third prize.
A second sweepstakes was shot for and
the money divided between Eddy aud
Wolfe on the shoot of. A mush act was
put up last of all. and was contested for
by twenty OF the best shots present, and
of course was taken in out of the wet by
Jim Conley. This ended the shooting. To-
day there will be some sweepstakes shot
for, the boys having got into the fever OF
competition, and anxious TO make a week
OF it.